Gefühlsmensch
German, noun/ɡəˈfyːlsˌmɛnʃ/
Gefühlsmensch is spelled G-E-F-Ü-H-L-S-M-E-N-S-C-H (13 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written German, the 305,454th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gefühlsmensch is a German masculine noun meaning “sentimentalist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Mensch, der sich sehr stark durch seine Gefühle leiten lässt”.
What does Gefühlsmensch mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesentimentalist
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Mensch, der sich sehr stark durch seine Gefühle leiten lässt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Gefühlsmensch
- Gefühlsmenschen genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gefühlsmensch?
- /ɡəˈfyːlsˌmɛnʃ/
- [ɡəˈfyːlsˌmɛnʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Gefühlsmensch in German?
Gefühlsmensch appears about once in every 28 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).